Lucille O’Neal, mom of four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal, has just lately garnered consideration for her remarks about her son’s marriage to Shaunie Henderson.

While selling the brand new present “Raising Fame,” a TV One podcast co-hosted by herself and Sonya Curry, mom of Stephen and Seth Curry, she made notable feedback throughout an look on the “Sway in the Morning” present with hosts Sway Calloway and Heather B.

A month after Shaunie made the bombshell revelation that she didn’t know if she “was ever really in love” with the New Jersey native in her new memoir “Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning On My Own Terms,” Sway requested O’Neal’s mom to share her ideas about assembly her son’s ex-wife for the primary time.

Shaq’s mother, Lucille O’Neal says it was by no means her place to determine if his ex-wife Shaunie was proper for him. (Photos: @sacurry22/Instagram; Malcolm Ali/WireImage)

Lucille selected her phrases rigorously however stated she was agency about letting the 2 determine their means regardless of having some reservations.

“It’s hard to see them go into a relationship and somehow you may feel maybe that might not be the right relationship,” Lucille said. “But, you have to step back, and we have to let it happen. And I tell a lot of the mothers that we are going to remain their mothers as long as they live. … We are not their girlfriends. So, I’m safe in my place.”

These feedback sparked a media frenzy, with many shops suggesting that she had at all times thought Shaq and Shaunie wouldn’t make it as husband and spouse or that Shaunie wasn’t a great match.

In an unique interview with Atlanta Black Star, Shaq’s mother clarified her statements and addressed the effervescent controversy.

“People are gonna interpret what you say the way they want to receive it,” she defined. “We have no control over that. I would never imply that she wasn’t the right one for him because I have no knowledge of that. What I tried to explain (and answer the question) was that I knew how to get out of the way and let it work itself out.”

Lucille additional added, “And … it came to the point where they weren’t good for each other. So, they parted, and that happens in relationships. That happened in mine, but what I want to say to that is however you choose to receive it this is up to you. I meant nothing negative and I said, out of that relationship, I have beautiful grandchildren. They forgot to mention that part.”

Shaq and Shaunie met in 1996 and wed in 2002. They had 4 youngsters inside their union, together with one little one every from earlier relationships. The former couple first thought of divorce in 2007 however reconciled shortly after. Ultimately, troubles arose once more and the pair filed for divorce once more in 2009, citing “irreconcilable differences.” The divorce was finalized in 2011.

In her e book, Shaunie stated that though she liked Shaq for being a superb supplier and father to their youngsters, she’s undecided that she was in love with him.

“Looking back, I don’t know that I was ever really in love with the man, but I was in love with the idea of being married to the man I had a family with,” she wrote.

After years of admitting his faults and repeated acts of infidelity that led to the demise of their marriage, Shaq took to social media to share that he understood why she may need felt that means. Now, the 2 appear to co-parent properly, even making room for Shaunie’s present husband, Keion Henderson to play bonus dad to the youngsters.

Shaunie O’Neal shared this candy message as she wished her boo Pastor Keion Henderson a cheerful birthday!! pic.twitter.com/mjI83HEFtW

— TheShadeRoom (@TheShadeRoom) July 7, 2021

Reflecting on the media’s portrayal of her feedback, Mama Lucille weighed in on her opinion of the fashionable media panorama.

“You know, people, they’re going to reach out for the negative. That’s just common and normal for them to do that. So, Shaunie knows, Shaquille know, and I know. And that’s all that matters,” she said.

She emphasised the aim of her new present, “Raising Fame,” saying, “People will pick up the negative and make a story. This is the experience we’ve been having with media … and ‘Raising Fame,’ you get the opportunity to dispel all that negative. We’re going to hit the truth from the people that we have interviewed.”

“Raising Fame” premiered this Sunday, July 7 on TV One.